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Veteran recalls Anzio and beyond a life of service
Aiken veteran describes sea of frost and the brutal Anzio beachhead. He faced shelling from 280 mm guns nicknamed Anzio Annie and survived a field hospital attack before returning to combat in France and Germany. He recalls capture, liberation, crossing the Rhine, and a long postwar welding career.
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Church
Anzio
Hell's Half Acre
Hells Half Acre
France
Rome
Nice
Rhine
Germany
Germa Church
Sicily
United States
Church Brothers
Eta
Aiken
DuPont
Savannah River